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And mainly a place where I can post half-baked ideas in the hope that other people, or the passing of time, will help me to bake them.

26 February 2008

Dual therapy for HIV babies OK

The Department of Health has given the go ahead to use dual therapy to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

And it's about time too!

For people infected with HIV, treatment cannot cure -- it can only retard the progress of the disease. The treatment of babies, however, is a direct intervention to reduce transmission, and the more new infections we can prevent, the better.

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New Religious Movements

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